{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bribery-act-2010/section-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bribery-act-2010/section-11.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/23",
  "legislation_title": "Bribery Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bribery-act-2010",
  "path": "section/11",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "(1) An individual guilty of an offence under section 1, 2 or 6 is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both,\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, or to a fine, or to both.\n(1A) In the application of this section in England and Wales, the reference in subsection (1)(a) to 12 months is to be read as a reference to the general limit in a magistrates’ court (or to 6 months in relation to an offence committed before 2 May 2022).\n(2) Any other person guilty of an offence under section 1, 2 or 6 is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum,\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under section 7 is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine.\n(4) The reference in subsection (1)(a) to 12 months is to be read—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) in its application to Northern Ireland,\nas a reference to 6 months.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 11(1A) inserted (7.2.2023 at 12.00 p.m.) by The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/149), regs. 1(2), 22(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 11(4)(a) omitted (7.2.2023 at 12.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/149), regs. 1(2), 22(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/23/section/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:09:58.284739+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}